Cathaleen Curtiss is an award winning photojournalist and editor, who recently turned her talents to making compelling images with her iPhone, she calls them "iPhonotos." In 1990 the White House News Photographers Association recognized her as the Photographer of the Year. She is an active member in the National Press Photographers Association. Currently, she is Director of Entrepreneurship at Daemen College; managing director of JPGmag; board member of the National Press Photographers Foundation (NPPF), National Clip Chair for the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and a member of the board for CenterSpace. She also writes an occasional blog, titled As I See It.

Robert Hood is a Supervising Multimedia Producer at NBC News (formerly msnbc.com). During his 16-year tenure he has managed the picture editing team, coordinated original editorial projects and worked as a publishing tools project manager - researching and implementing a new picture database as well as slideshow and photography blogging tools. He has also produced video and created still photography for national and international stories. He has worked as a daily newspaper photographer in Wyoming and Utah before graduate school, and he began his photojournalism career in 1987 working as Eddie Adams' assistant. Robert currently lives and works in Seattle.

Amanda Lucidon is an award winning photographer, filmmaker and multimedia storyteller based in Washington, D.C. Lucidon’s work has been recognized by the prestigious White House News Photographers Association, National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism and Pictures of the Year International, among others. Lucidon is the owner of LucidPix, an independent photography/multimedia company. She is currently working on the "Legal Stranger Project," a multi-platform documentary. In addition, she teaches multimedia at Corcoran College of Art & Design and American University.

Kurt Mutchler has worked at National Geographic magazine since 1994 producing more than 120 stories and 25 cover stories. During this time he has held many positions—photo editor, deputy director of photography and director of photography. Currently, he is the senior photo editor for science. Prior to joining the magazine he was the photo and graphics editor of The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, La. He is a former adjunct professor at the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, DC, where he taught photojournalism. He graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology and The Ohio State University.

Janet Reeves is the Assistant Managing Editor for Photo & Multimedia at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Prior to joining the Star Tribune, Reeves was the Director of Photography at The Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Co. During her tenure at The Rocky Mountain News, the photo department earned three Pulitzer Prizes. Reeves left the Rocky when the newspaper closed and briefly joined The Washington Times as the AME Photography.

Bob Sacha is an award-winning multimedia producer, documentary filmmaker, photographer, editor and teacher who first made his name as a photojournalist. As a staff photographer at the Philadelphia Inquirer then later as a contributing photographer at both Life and National Geographic Magazine, he covered a variety of assignments around the world for more than 25 years. Now an independent multimedia storyteller, Bob has directed, produced, shot and edited non-fiction video stories for various international clients. He is as an adjunct professor at the new City University of NY Graduate School of Journalism.

Whitney Shefte is an Emmy-nominated and award-winning video and multimedia journalist working at The Washington Post. Whitney pitches, researches, shoots, reports, edits and produces multimedia stories for the Post’s digital and print platforms as well as for freelance clients in the U.S. and around the world. She is experienced with multiple platforms including video, photography, audio and writing. Whitney is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Wally Skalij joined the photography staff at the Los Angeles Times in October of 1997. Over the past 15 years, he has covered five Olympic Games, nine NBA finals, and numerous other sporting events including World Series games, hockey finals, boxing championships, and the Kentucky Derby. In high school, he went to a Lakers game with friends and saw the photographers shooting court-side. From that moment, he knew what he wanted to do with his life. Wally worked for the Peninsula News and the Daily Breeze before being hired at the Times. Wally resides in Torrance, California where he lives with his wife Christina, who is also a photographer.

Joe Weiss the developer of Soundslides, a multimedia authoring application for journalists, and frequent CPOY judge returns this year as the moderator of the multimedia division judging. Joe has worked as a photojournalist, multimedia reporter, designer, programmer, producer and editor in print and online media since 1996. Currently an independent interactive producer, he was formerly interactive producer at The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., the Director of Photography at The Herald-Sun in Durham, N.C., and a multimedia producer for MSNBC.com. His multimedia reports have garnered national and international recognition including an Online Journalism Award from the Online News Association, multiple POYi and BOP multimedia awards, and two Digital Edge awards from the NAA. For his development of Soundslides, he was awarded the J. Winton Lemen Award from the NPPA. Weiss frequently speaks at seminars and workshops about the integration of photojournalism, audio reportage and multimedia technology.